Get the Microsoft Word path

[mostafahamdy]

Hello all
I'm new to the C++ win 32 , and I have some problem which is, I want to get the path of the Microsoft Word.exe program on my machine, e.g C:\program files\Microsoft office\word.exe
and I dont know how can I do that please if any body knows please send me or tell me about some URL may help me in solving this issue
Regards
Mostafa

[tummychow]

Try looking up registry entries. That's how my mod programs find starcraft. (Sorry, I'm not too good with WinAPI so I don't know how to actually do it.)

[george135]

Never read registry
Use Shell apis (FE() here)